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Rivito, dear
2011
Journal
June 4
Chimatzgy, Sierra de Chucos, Quiche, Guatemala (cont)
...spent the morning at the bird note while I searched in 20-30 great bromeliads. Not only 2 B. cuchumatana, one of which was headless due to a misguised machete chop (not collected), I decided the bromeliads had too much water, which is a shame since the locals seem to know a green species of Alomina ('escorpi') that I hoped to get. Focusing on logs, I got 2 more large + 1 juvenile B. morio. Also got a big B. morio in the outer leaves of a fallen bromeliad. Searched until 12:00, then drove the mammal team back to Chimatzgy. Returned w/ food for the birders + saw a trogon (male) almost get caught in a mist net. Rain threatened, so we all drove back to Chimatzgy to prep & map. I went out with the mammal team at night to search while they mist-netted for bats. The rain never came it was very windy, which made the forest dry. I searched from 21:00-22:30 and found 2 B. morio on leaves before heading back. Should get a lot of animals at night if it rains again.
June 5
Woke up at 07:30, hiked up to forest by 10:00 after field notes & breakfast. Searched 10:00-13:30; found 1 B. morio in a log, 3 under logs + 1 B. cuchumatana in a log. Searched in many fallen branches/leaves, found most salamanders on the edge of the good forest and an area w/ large oak trees that might be secondary. Rain started so me+birders headed back to Chimatzgy to prep specimens. It rained lightly for ~30 min, then cleared up. Searched along same trails at night from 19:00-21:30 + got 2 B. cuchumatana (1 on lower part of tree trunk, 1 in log) + 7 B. morio (collected 3), all on leaf litter. Forest was wet in places from rain but not too wet. Heard a frog w/ fal-note whine (V) call.